This dissertation is an examination of fire department response times in eight major cities of the United States including Houston, TX, Charlotte, NC, St. Paul, MN, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Louisville, KY, San Francisco, CA and Miami, FL. This...

Address: 439 Roselane, Louisville, Kentucky. Four firemen are on a fire truck in front of a station with a sign noting "Engine No. 9." The truck also has a number 9 painted on its side and sits on brick pavement. Behind the truck is a...

Men in sailor uniforms salute from the sidewalk in the direction of a fire truck parked at the curb. Women and men stand of the truck and a sign that says, ""Today's Winning Team Community Chest."" The original photograph...

Address: 619 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Fire officials pose with their fire engines and other vehicles in front of the Fire Department headquarters. Near the roof of the building, two men's faces are carved. A number 2 is also...

Address: 619 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Fire officials pose with their fire engine in front of the Fire Department headquarters. This building is in Richardsonian Romanesque style and was added to the National Register of Historic...

A crowd watches as firefighters work on a fire at Thirteenth and Main Streets in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. At the left are two steam-powered pumps. In the background a fireman in a light-colored hat and coat climbs a ladder...

In Shelbyville, Kentucky, a man pulls two fire hoses from a fire truck, over a cavern in the ground and around a telephone pole where there may be a fire hydrant. A large brick building is visible to the left with a woman in white standing nearby.

Uniformed firefighters stand on fire engine No. 2. Image is discolored and marked from age. Written on another copy of image: "Louisville, Kentucky, April 14-1918; Enlargement by R.G. Potter." Original information associated with this...

Group portrait of firefighters sitting and standing around a steam engine at the Engine Company No. 6, located at present day 2427 Portland Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky, 1874. The address at the time was listed in the City Directory as...

Group portrait of seven firefighters in front of the open doors of a firehouse at 1328-1330 South Preston Street in 1915. Three men sit atop two separate horse-drawn hook and ladder fire engines. Photo taken by the Royal Photo Company, as indicated...

Fire engine with ladder against building and firefighters practicing with equipment at Louisville, Kentucky fire department training school. Handwritten on back of print: "Fire Dept.-Training school." Title supplied by cataloger.

Men in front of the St. Matthews Fire Department. Two fire trucks are parked at an angle in front of the building. Two men sit in the front of each of the trucks. The truck on the left is labeled "St. Matthews Fire Department." Five men...